Improvement in trusses



PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL JONES, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUSSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,233, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N ATHANLEL JoNEs, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inTruss-Pads; and the following is declared to be a correct description ofthe same.

In Letters Patent N o. 110,370 a truss-pad is shown of perforated metalwith a separate perforated pad, the same being especially adapted to ahernia.

My present invention consists in an improve ment upon the aforesaidpatent, whereby the perforated pad is constructed so as to be used as anumbilical truss. I stamp up the sheet of perforated metal with a hollowprojecting presser that enters the umbilicus, and the perforated plateis connected by recesses to hooks and straps that secure the truss inplace.

In the drawing, Figure l represents the face of the truss-pad that comesnext to the person, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the pad andstraps.

The pad is made of a foraminous plate, a, with the edges turned back, asat b, to stiffen the plate and to prevent the edges of the metal cominginto contact with the person. In-the middle of this pad, or in theposition most convenient for the rupture or hernia, is the hollowprojecting presser d, that is perforated with numerous small holes andpressed up in the sheet'metal of the plate so as to be very strong,light, and cheap, and at the same time the ventilation is of the mostperfect character through the numerous small holes. The shape of thispresser and plate is to be adapted to the inguinal or'other hernia. Thestrap f that passes around the body is connected with this truss-plate,the buckles or hooks g g being' provided at the ends of such strap, andpassing into large ended slots z' in said plate c, the portions wheresuch slots are introduced being recessed, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatthe points of the hooks will be received within such recesses.

The straps 7c k may be connected with the strap v f and pass throughbetween the legs.

I claim as my invention- The foraminous metallic truss-plate andprojectin g presser, constructed with recesses for the slots thatreceive the hooks of the connectingstraps, as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of June, A. I). 1871.

N ATHANIEL JONES.

Witnesses:

CEAS. H. SMITH, Y GEO. T. PINCKNEY.

